On the eve of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would help Catholic lay associations, movements and ...

Benedict XVI baptizes an adult. (Credit: Associated Press.) By tradition, popes always baptize a handful of new members of the faith during the Easter Vigil Mass, as Pope Francis did this year ...

Candlelight illuminated St. Peter’s Basilica during the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday where Pope Francis’ homily, read on his behalf, proclaimed the resurrection of Christ as “the ...

On Saturday night, he presided over the Easter vigil, also without incident ... on whether he will retire just as his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, did in 2013. But in a recently published ...

Pope Benedict’s first words on the balcony ... John Paul died on the seventh day of the Octave of Easter, the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday. (It was also a First Saturday, a Marian day, and ...

The Easter Vigil service under Benedict XVI would typically run nearly three hours. The new pope has made clear he prefers his Masses short and to the point: He was even caught checking his watch ...

More than 70,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square on Saturday as Pope Leo VIX led a Pentecost Vigil prayer service, ...

In a world marked by wars and where people are disconnected and numb with indifference, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy ...

At the Vatican’s Easter Vigil Mass, Pope Francis urged people to “roll away the stones of sin and fear” to experience the power of Christ’s resurrection. In his Easter homily on April 8 ...

On the eve of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would help Catholic lay associations, movements and ...

Pope Francis is seen at St. Peter's Basilica prior to the Easter Vigil Mass, Saturday, April 19, 2025. Credit: Courtesy Clara Fontan The Pope, who has delegated cardinals to preside over all Holy ...